She was abducted at the age of seven in her village of Darfur and has experienced all the horrors and sufferings of slavery. Bought back as a teenager by the Italian consul, she discovers a country of inequality, poverty and exclusion. Freed by a momentous lawsuit in Venice, she takes holy orders and crosses the tumult of two world wars and fascism by devoting her life to poor children. Bakhita is the deeply touching story of this exceptional woman who was a salve, servant, nun and a saint in turn. With a rare power to evoke past experience, Veronique Olmi taps into the destiny incredible battles, strength and greatness of soul whose hidden source draws from the memory of her childhood before it is razed.

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